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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Weekly Market Review.

MoNTPELIER.-The demand for butter is
light and prices are off. Nice fresh new
butter sells for 20 TO pc per Id; cheese,
l2Ic per lb eggs, 15c per dozen; pota-
lb; pork, &c per lb; lamb, 4lc per Id;
mutton, % to SC per lb; turkeys, 10 to lie;
geese, 8 to 10c; ducks, 10 to 12c chickens, 10
to 12lc per pound.
VERGENNEs.- Butter is qniet at - to zoe
per ID, some new selling at % to 2ic eggs
now sell at 16c per dozen; chickens, 10
to 13c per ID; potatoes, 40 to SOC per hushel;
per ID; pork, 81 to &c per lb veal, . to &c
per ID, live weight, and hay SIS to $40 per
ton.
wATERTowN AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CArTLE-The receipts were ,257 head.
The demand was moderate, Northern
selling at to &c and fancy az to 74c per
pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
II COG head, The demand was good at y to
5lc for sheep and 81 to 64c for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were II, 100 head
The demand was fair Northern dressed
selling at to 7lc and Western live at 6
TO 6fc per pound.
PouLrRY.-The supply was light, prices
ranging at to Zoe per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC-We quote hides at
7 to 7ac per Id, calf-skins at to lOc per I'D,
dairy skins at 25 to SOC each, lamb-skins
at 81 90 to 81 80 each, shearlings at 20 to SOC
each, Brighton tallow at p to &c and coun-
try at II to &c per ID.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PoTAToEs.-The market has been in mod
erately good condition. Early Rose sell at
80 to 60c Beauty of Hebrons at 90 TO 63c,
Burbank Seedlings at 80 to Doc and Prolifcs
at 50 to 5Sc per bushel
EGGs.-The demand is moderate and
prices are in buyers favor. We quote ex-
ira Vermont and New York at lS4 to l9c
and choice Western at lSc per dozen.
CHEEsE.-The market has been in very
fair condition the past week. Extra Yer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

A SENSIBLE man would use Kemps Balsam
for the throat and lungs. 1t is curing more
cases of coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis,
Group and all throat and lung troubles than
any, other medicine. The proprietor has
authorized Ira G.. Bascom, druggist, Mont
pelier, VT, to refund your money if, after
taking three-fourths of a bottle, relief is not
obtained. Price fifty cents and 81. Tria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

WOULD you believe it-that we are au-
thorized by the proprietor of Kemp's Sarsa-
parila to refund the money to any one who
has taken three-fourths of bottle without
relief? We are positive that no other pro-
prietor has the confidence in his medicine
to do this. 1t is for enriching, cleansing
and purifying the blood and toning up the
system Price Sl00. Call at our store
Ira G. Bascom, druggist, Mont
pelier VI
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

How often we hear middle-aged people
say regarding that reliable old cough rem
edy, n. III. Downs Elixir: "Why, my
mother gave it to me when | was a child,
and use it in my family; it always cures. :"
1t is always guaranteed to cure or money
refunded
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

How TO READ Your DoCToR's PREsCRIP-
TIoNs.-Send three two-cent stamps to pay
postage, and receive Dr. Kaufmann's great
treatise on diseases. Illustrated in colors.
1t gives their signs and Authorizations. Adj
dress A. p. Ordway & Co., Boston, Mass
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
How to Gain Flesh and Strength.

Use after each meal Scott's Emulsion; it
Delicate people improve rapidly with its
use. For consumption, throat affections
and bronchitis it is unequaled. DIR. Thomas
Prim, Alabama, says; ~ used Seott's Emul-
sion on child eight months old; he gained
four pounds in a month"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Positive Cnre for Piles.

DR.. Anarchists Italian Pile Ointment-em-
phatically guaranteed to cure or money re-
funded Internal, External, Blind. Bleed
ing or Itching Piles Price fifty cents box.
No cure, no pay. For sale by Ira G, Bas-
com, druggist, Montpelier, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

HALE'S HONEY is the best Cough Cure, 25, Soc, 81
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP heals and beauties, Csc
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions, &c
HILLS HAIR & WHISKER DYE-Black & Brown, 5Cc.
Plies TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in Minute, Csc.
DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS are sure cure. SOC.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

ToRPIDrrY of the liver and disorders of
the stomach and bowels cause headache and
the failure of all desire for food. Ayers
Cathartic Pills stimulate the action of the
stomach, liver and bowels, cure headache
and restore the appetite
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
From a Well-knOwn Conductor

On the Central Vermont railroad One
evening | sprained my ankle badly. Used
Neurotic OH that night, and in the morning
was able to resume my duties as usual. Neu-
rotic Oil is certainly wonderful remedy. |
think there is nothing like it to take out
soreness, and would not be without ito.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

" A long way to the end of cats nose, but
it's fur to the end of its tall" 1t isn't long
way to where they sell Hatch's Febrifuge
Mixture for coughs, colds, etc, but it will
be fur in the future when you discontinue
its use as the family cough medicine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

How l FELT.-Why, two years ago | was
just about crazy, and no wonder that my
wife and children were afraid OF me. You
Just want to suffer with neuralgia, with no
relief, as | did until | used Sulphur Bitters.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

WANTED-One thousand men to know the
value of Hop PldsterS for the cure of aches
and pains. They soothe and strengthen
weak parts. Thousands of working-men
use and recommend them as the best plaster
ever made
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

JAMES PYLE'S PEARLINE is the very
best assistant for washing or bleaching, no
matter whether by use of cold or hot water.
AS a labor-saving article it deserves especial
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

CELERY COMPOUND regulates the bowels,
purhes the blood, strengthens the nerves
and invigorates the whole system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

EVERY mother should have Arnica and
Oil Liniment always in the house in case of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
90 1t Isn't

CosTIvENEss can be permanently cured by
the use of BaXter's Mandrake Bitters
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

DRUNKENNEss, OR LIQUOR HABIT, CAN BE
CURED BY ADMINISTERING DIR. HAINEs'
GOLDEN SPEcIFIC.-It can be given in a
cup of coffee or tea, without the knowl-
edge of the person taking it, effecting a
speedy and permanent cure, whether the
patient is a moderate drinker or an al
coholic wreck Thousands of drunkards
have been made temperate men who have
taken the Golden Specific in their cof-
fee without their knowledge, and to-day
believe they quit drinking of their own free
will. No harmful effects result from its
administration. Cures guaranteed. Send
for circular and full particulars. Address,
in confidence, GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co., 1856
Race street, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

They cured me, and now my wife says am
as meek as a lamb Robert Darts, american
House, Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Honor to Whom Honor is Due"

In the recent statement in this paper in
regard to the remarkable cure of Miss
Turner of Berlin by DIR. Gage, an error oc-
Cured as to the length of time she had been
helpless. The fact remains, nevertheless
that she was helpless at the time she COM
menced DR.. Cages medicines, as the follow
ing extracts from her letters will show,
which we publish uerbdtim ct Hterdtim:
"Dr. o. c. Gdge-Dedr Sir. 1t is about
seven years ago that got hurt and my back
has been very lame ever since, but l could
walk until july 1884 In April 1886, mother
went to see you and you sent me course of
medicine. / commenced to gain at once and
when taking the second course, in October,
got so | could move my limbs. |
continued to gain after taking the second
course of medicines, and while taking the
third course gained so rapidly that fourth
one wasn't necessary. | can now walk
without any difficulty. At one time 1
walked mile and have walked half of a
mile great many times. / haven't words
to express my gratitude for what you have
done for me. Yours truly,
l.. OLA TURNER, Berlin, Vt"
DIR. CAGES APPOINTMENTS.
DR.. Gage will be at the Windsor Hotel
Thursday March g. until noon at the
White River Junction House the same day
from two until five o'clock; at the Pavilion
Hotel, Montpelier, Friday, March a; at
the Van Ness House, Burlington, Saturday
March D; at No. g. West Thirty-first street
| New York, on MONDAYS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23

SICK man. delay not to be wise,
Stay not for the morrow's sun;
Poison in your system lies,
Now victory may be won.
Up while yet your strength holds out,
Ere your troubles are fixed and chronic
1t will make you strong and stout,
Blood Purifier and Nerve Tonic.
Dr. G. s. Green's Blood Purifier and
Nerve Tonic. See advertisement
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Your Sundays

Finds pleasure in its Music. Bright Songs
make the Children happy. If you are in
need of "a new set of Singing Books, ex-
anime the following:
Songs of Promise P PGr s4n anS Gonsf
ence Meetings BY j. H. Tenney and E. A Hoffman.
Price IS cents; per dozen, 1850.
SONGS OF PROMISE fill this beautiful book and
they have great variety, having been contributed
by many able writers. The book has one hundred
with its own tune. Music and words mostly new.
Singing on the Way. ~ ~ } Mys; B sns
DR. Hobrook. Price 35 cents per dozen, 1850.
A capital book containing one hundred sixty pages
of excellent songs, hymns and occasional pieces,
such as will be welcomed in the Sunday school.
Each piece may be played upon the organ
Song Worship. For SUNDAY %sryo ssh SSd w gy
Sherwin. Price IS cents; per dozen, $3.50
book that is intended to lift the service of song in
the Sabbath school above the ordinary level without
putting 1t beyond the reach of the vast majority
Fresh Flowers for ins%t caS Re ES Snn
Pitt Price 25 cents; per dozen, s240.
dainty little book, full as 1t can hold of sweet
melodies with pretty verses set to them such as
every child will understand and enjoy.
Oiivor Difcon a. On ROSfOn
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
A 100000 FAILURE.

,Ihe Dolores Land aud CATTLE Company
L. Makes an Assignment.
AUsTIN, TEX, Jan. The sensation
in Austin to-day was the assignment of
she DoioEes LAND and Cattle company.
The company was chartered here last
year with stated capital OF $1,000 900,
and was regarded as one of the wealthiest
cattle organizations. The men,
beers of tie company were W. S.
Carothers and George A. Searight, with
1000 shares each. Mr.. Searight's son
also holds q few shares. Some time ago
Mr.. Carothers sold out to members for
/ $685. his individual liabilities in the
company. TRe ranch and cattle OF the
! company, which are in Dimmit, Kinney
sud Zavalls counties. were assessed last
year at $3.50 900 in round figures. The
ranches cover over 200 900 acres, stocked
y with 10000 head OF cattle. George A
Searight has heretofore been rated at
81 ,000, 900, and his residence is in Aus
! tin. He formerly esided in Cheyenne,
! w. T., where ne had large interests. 1t
oming property at considerable loss,
amounting to several hundred thousand
dollars.
LIZ ydpCiS vi IllChL Us ulCu ht't
and signed by Mess?s. Starlight and A. F.
Robins show in roucd fl -ures liaDi tiles
of $500, 600. The PRINCIPAL creditors are:
John f Coad, Omaha, $50, 900; Julia A.
Fletcher, Chicago, $50 600, each secured
by first mortgages; GeoTg- A. Starlight,
500, 900, without security; about $4,000
attorneys fees; Texas National Bank of
San Antonio, $40, 900, security fifty shares
stock of the company; State National
Bank of Austin, S44OO, with Sea-
right as iudnEser, and sundry
holders of 100 fret mortgage per
cent. coupon bonds CT the Dolores
Land snd Cattle company amounting to
about Sl20 coo sold in open market, Sc
cured by real and personal property of
the company. The assets, it is stated,
foot up about $780, 0O. The assignment
, creates great surprise and regret on &C
count of the high standing Of the parties.
The assets, however, as compared with
the liabilities indicate temporary embar-
rassment which, it is hoped, will be
eventually overcome without much loss
if any to crsditors.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
The following 100 Books Handsomely Bound in Cloth
Specially Selected for Premium List

Adam Bede, Adventures Among the In
dians, Esop's Fables, Anderson's Fairy
Tales, Arabian Nights, Arne and Happy
Boy, Assignation and other Tales, Belin-
da, Bits Of Bis ney, Book OF Snobs,
Called Back, Cast Up by the Sea, Chill
dren of the Abbey, Comb Letter Writ
er, Daughter of Heth, Deep Down, Dick
ems Chili's History, Dickens Shorter
Stories, Dickens Story Teller, Den
Quixote, Dore's East Lynne, Eight
Years Wanderings in Ceylon, Enling the
Bold, Ethan Brand, Felix Holt, Fern
Leaves, Fire Brigade, Frankenstein and
Dennis Duval, Franklin's Autobiography
Gems Of Oratory, Green Pastures and
Piccadilly, GrImm's Popular Tales, La
dies and Gentlemen's Etiquette, Ladies
Pompeii, LAST OF the Mohicans, Macleod
of Dare, Maid of Athens, Margaret and
Her bridesmaids, Max Seawortb, Mid
shipmsn, Mill on the Floss, Miss Tommy,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
IRON In THE SOUTH.
A Splendid Exhibit for the Southern
States in 1886


States in 1886
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 2S.-Ihe
Tradesman has received exhaustive re-
ports from all the iron and steel plants in
the South, embracing the States OF Ala
bama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
These reports disclose the most
remarkable development in the
iron industry in the South
since the census of 1880, showing the to-
tai output of the Southern states for the
year 1856 10 be l,5S3, 200 tons, against
LOIS G0u tons for 1889, which is gain in
six years OF 565, 200 tons. Alabama shows
the largest increase, her output for the
present year being 6,oC0 tons, against
10000 in 1880. Missouri shows 3
falling off of $4,000 tons. Texas
produced IL. 900 tons in 1856, against 5000
tons in 1880. The bridesmaids reports
Indicate mort prosperous outlook for
the South in 1887 than in the past, and
signs poi1Lclearly to the fact that the
South viii greatly increase its industrial
-jmpqhnce in IRON and steel in the next
years, and that the production OF
h and merchantable iron will be
bled before 1890.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07

Mrs. Godfrey, Murders of the Rue
Norgue, Mysterious Island, Noted French
Orators, Oliver Twist, Our Mutua
Friend, Outre Mer, Paul and Virginia,
Peter the Whaler, Phantom Fortune,
Phyllis, Pilgrims Progress, Red Eric,
Richeljeu and Under the ned Flag, Rife
and Hound IN Ceylon, Robinson Crusoe,
Romola, Round the World, Salt Water,
Sartor Ressrtus, Scottish Chiefs, Shad-
ows and Sunheams, Shandon Bells,
Sketch Book, Spanish Nun and the Black
Dwarf, Stoddard's Readings and Recita-
tions, Strange Adventures of Phaton,
Sunrise, SWISS Family R binson, Thsd-
deus OF Warsaw, That Beautiful Wretch,
Thicker than Water, Three Feathers,
Three Spaniards, Tom Browns School
Days at Rugby, Tom Cringle' Log, Tour
OF tle World in Eighty Days, 10000
Leagues Under the Sea, Two on Tower
Vanity Fair, Wiley Reilly, Young Fores-
tiers.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07

The most. astonishing, safest and
promptest remedy for all affections OF
the throat and fa9gs is D j. II. Nc
Leans Tar Wine Lung Balm. Twenty
five cents asfottle. "
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07

Lalla Rookh, Poetry of Flowers, Long
fe Glow, Lucille, Macaulay, Meredith, Mil
ton, Moore, Odyssey, Ossian, Paradise
Lost, Poe, Pope, Proctor, Rogers, Ros-
setti, Schiller, Scott, Shakespeare, Shell.
ley, Songs, Sacred and Devotional, Swim
burne, Tennison, Thsckeray, Thompson,
Upper, Virgil, Whittier, Willis, Words
worth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
P0E sTns - .
following SO in number embrace all of the
Popular

Arnold Edwin, Aurora Leigh, Aytoun,
Browning, Elizabeth T.; Browning, Rob-
ert; Bryaut's Early Poems, 8urns, Byron,
Campbell, Hhaucer, Coleridge, Cowper,
Crabbe, Dante, Dryden, Eliot, Favorite
Poems, Goethe, Goethe's Faust, Gold
smith, Havergal and Sigourney, Heaven
in Song, Hemans, Hood, Had, Ingelow,
Keats, Kirk White, Lady of the Lake,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
|VIDED LABOR.
rifles and Petty Jealousies
| v to Disrupt the Knights
OF Labor.
Special Session of the General
|embly to Consider Nobody
Knows What.

bRK, Dec.-27 The Tribune this
says: Organized labor seems to
Id tan9le. which grows worse in
better. The dissatisfaction in
hts of Labor is growing more
ad. and some members of the
afraidthat the present difficulty
result'in a split. There seems
lie doubt that the legal require
for call for a special session
snerGl assembly Will be fulfilled
short time, or that the call
igned by district assemblies in at
If dozen states, and perhaps
at many. Among the dissatisfied
however, the feeling is that no
IF the call is made out according
Constitution, there is nc certainty
session will be held. One OF
nd yesterday: some # the pTin-
things against which we pro-
the assumption of dictatorship
general executive board, and their
intention to override the consti-
whenever it conflicts with their
eas. II Mr.. Powderlv should re-
call the special session, what
we do? The general worthy fore
he next highest officer, would not
ny action General Secretary Itch
certainly would not, nor
the executive board, for, with
ingle exception of Barry. they
iii in accord with Mr.. PowderlY.
only remedy would be TO call
ll session ourselves, and then all
VINO attended it would be In open revolt,
and would be either expelled or sus-
pended. This would mean split, and
whether or not we are prepared for this
| am not able to say, but It may come to
that l should be exceedingly sorry to
see it; but if the order Is to continue to
be of any use to the labor movement,
something must be done pretty soon"
The same Opirion was expressed by
many other Knights. Even some of the
members of District 10, the leaders of
which are in thorough accord with the
general officers, show disposition to
kiCk over the traces, and only the iron
discipline maintained by T. B. Mcguire,
the former master workman, who
is now OF the general executive
5oSrd, Keeps the dissatisfaction from
being shown. The local fight between
the Knights aud the unions gIows in bit
ternesS, aud the time IS not lar on Wnen
open warfare viii be proclaimed. The
action of he trades union in Columbus in
the formation of the American Federation
of Labor has encouraged the trades
urions. 1t Is said on good author
ity that J. II. Cassidy, one of the
most prominent members of the Amer can
Society OF Carpenters and Joiners, an
nounced publicly at the Central Labor
union last Sunday that he intended to de-
clare war to the knife against the
Knights of Labor. The Knights
snow no disposition to shirk the
fight, and il they and the unions
do not find some common ground on
which they eau stand, the chances are
tlst no strikes will be won by the csr-
pente1s for some time, for The knights
will take the places of the striking trades
unionists and the unionsts the places of
the knights when Trey strike.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-12
To Detect AduIterated Flour.

Adulteration of flour by means Of po-
tato -four may be detected, says the
Scientific american, by means of acids.
Take a spoonful and pour upon 1t a
little nitric acid; II the -four be of wheat,
II will be changed to an orange yellow;
II wholly of potato flour. the color
would not be altered but the -four
formed into tenacious jelly; II, there
fore, the -four he adulterated with po-
tato -four. it will not be difficult to de-
eide. Again. take teaspoonful Of
Hour, and pour upon il little muriatic
acid; IL the -four be Of pure wheat IL
will be changed to deep violet color.
without odor; but II potato flour be
mixed in it. IL wiz hsa hssa IN odor
NJ that of rusbsa
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-12

A RESIDENT Of Norwich, Conn.,. has
little stone that might very properly
be called bearded pebble. 1t came
from Crab ledge. near Nantucket il
about as large as hens egg. and on
its smooth surface is a mass Of filamcnts
that resemble nothing so much as hair.
The stone has been out Of the wa
ter for nearly two years. and yet the
hairs. which are over an inch long. look
vigorous and lifelikc. IL is said that Z
Massachusetts collector has one Of these
stones that has been out Of the water
forty years. ia which time the hafrs
have doubled in length
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-12

The following death notice appears
in a late issue of 7he Columbia (Ga. }
Sentinel: ION Friday last. just after
the sun had kissed this world good
night, and passed into its bed Of GRIM
son and gold, the spirit of A. g. Stur.
gis vacated its habitation Of clay. and
wended Its way to the Father who gave
1t, and to-day is walking the glory-lit
hills of Immortality in the New Jerusa.
lem, where there Is no night"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-12

A PROMINENT physician Of Louisville,
KY. has son who. some years ago,
went to California and engaged in the
tombstone business. In recent letter
to his father the young man writes
''There are about four physicians here,
and think you would do well in San
Jose. know that with you nearer to
me would be more encouraged in my
effort to build up paying business.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-12

AT recent picnic in Baltimore SUI
burb several hundred people congrega-
ted to witness marriage ceremony.
Everything apparently was carried Out
as expected, but it now transpIres that
the bride was lad and that the clergy.
man was impersonated by a layman.
The change in the program was caused
by the groom "backing out" at the last
moment